Definition of December 31

1. Noun. The last day of the year.

Exact synonyms: New Year's Eve
Generic synonyms: Day
Specialized synonyms: Hogmanay
Group relationships: Dec, December

Lexicographical Neighbors of December 31

Debye sheath
Dec.
Dec 24
Dec 25
Decalogue
Decalogues
Decameron
Decapod
Decapods
Decapolis
Decapterus
Decapterus macarellus
Decapterus punctatus
Decatur
December
December 31 (current term)
December 8
December revolt
Decemberish
Decemberist
Decemberists
Decemberly
Decembers
Decembery
Decembr
Decembre
Decembrist
Decembrists
Decima
Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Literary usage of December 31

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, David Starr Jordan, United States Dept. of the Treasury. Special Agents Division, Leonhard Hess Stejneger, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, (1898)
"79 January l, 1877, to December 31, 1877 9!'1.05 Total collections for duties ... July 1, 1869, to December 31, 1869 $29.33 January 1,1870, to December 31, ..."

2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Atla-ï—Three years ending December 31. 1961. Plus special Bonus 15% of Bonuses ... Three years endine December 31. 1960. Ecclesiastical,—bve years ending ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Section II (Anthropology) will meet in the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago ( December 31 and January 1 and 2). The next regular meeting of the Association ..."

4. Journal by Texas Legislature. Senate, Legislature, United States Congress. Senate, Texas State Library, Texas (1913)
"WL Steele, contract expiring December 31, 1911, but canceled November 20, 1911, the contractor representing that he no longer desired the men. ..."

5. Georgia and state rights: A study of the political history of Georgia from by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1902)
"Filler, Mayor of Philadelphia, for the year ending December 31, 1888. Philadelphia, 1889. 4 volumes; pp. 240, 1065, 519, 554. Thin! ..."

6. Newspapers and Periodicals of Illinois, 1814-1879 by Frank William Scott, Edmund Janes James (1910)
"6-7, 11-19; 1881- 1894 Times: August 2o-December 31, 1857; January-June, October- December, 1858; ... Published on Monday: September 17- December 31, 1899. ..."

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